Challenge Problem #3

Instructions:
1. You can use any resource (calculators, internet, people) but you cannot copy
someone elses work. If you are helping someone, do not just show them your
own work. Also, refrain from simply telling someone what to do.
2. Your work should be easy to follow for any of your fellow students. If you draw
pictures, draw them neatly and label them clearly. Explain any equations you
create or use.
3. I expect final responses to be presented in complete sentences and for any
numbers to have appropriate units.
4. Your work should be submitted on paper in class on the due date. If you know
you cannot be in class that day, then email me your work before class starts
on the due date.

Heres the problem:

You plan to make an open box by cutting equally sized squares from each corner of
a 10-inch by 12-inch rectangular piece of material and then folding up the flaps.
This is illustrated below.

You need the open box to contain 80 cubic inches of liquid. You can do this by
removing corners that are each 1 inch by 1 inch. However, the box will then be too
wide to fit where you need to put it. Find a differently sized square to remove from
each corner so that the volume of the box is still 80 cubic inches.